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Engine Displacement Calculator

Swept volume of the whole engine from bore, stroke and cylinder count.

Input
Whole number
Result
Displacement349.85cu in
Displacement5,733.0cc
Displacement5.733L
Per cylinder43.731cu in
Per cylinder716.6cc
Formula
  1. V = (π ÷ 4) × bore² × stroke × cylinders
  2. 1 cu in = 16.387064 cc · 1000 cc = 1 liter
Notes

When you need it

After a rebore or a crank swap, to find out what you actually have rather than what the block was sold as. It is also the first number most of the other calculators here want — carburetor CFM, injector sizing and header diameter all start from displacement.

Advertised names are rounded

A Chevrolet 350 is 349.85 cubic inches. A Ford 302 is 301.6. A "5.7 liter" is 5.73. Manufacturers round to something that sounds good on a badge, and the aftermarket inherited the habit.

That matters if you are near a class limit, because the rulebook is written against actual displacement, not the name on the valve covers. Work it out from your finished bore before you commit to a combination.

Measure, do not assume

Use the finished bore after honing, not the nominal oversize. A block ordered at .030 over is only 4.030 if the machinist held it there. Stroke from an aftermarket crank is usually accurate, but it is worth verifying with a dial indicator on a combination that is tight on piston-to-head or rod-to-cam clearance.